The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved, 8-4, a revamped version of a bill that would ban members, their spouses and dependents, and the president and vice president from buying or owning individual stocks and other assets.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved, 8-4, a revamped version of a bill that would ban members, their spouses and dependents, and the president and vice president from buying or owning individual stocks and other assets.

https://rollcall.com/2024/07/24/lawmaker-stock-trading-ban-legislation-advances-in-senate/

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The fact that this hasn't been banned already just shows you how corrupt the government is. Politicians get to make the laws that influence stock prices and also get rich based on their insider knowledge. That kind of power and access to free money would corrupt anyone.

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